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Stoptober 2015 Campaign Kit
Stoptober Campaign PackWelcome to your Stoptober 2015 campaign pack. Here, you will find all of the information that you need to successfully plan and promote Stoptober in your school.Stoptober is the NHS 28-day national stop smoking challenge that encourages people all across the country to stop smoking together on the 1 October for 28 days (and beyond). Evidence shows that if a smoker can quit for 28 days they are five times more likely to stay smokefree, and Stoptober motivates and supports quitters through the 28 days. Stoptober provides schools with an opportunity to teach pupils about the risks of smoking and can also provide pupils and families with support to quit smoking.
SmokeFree Islington have produced these Stoptober posters for you to print and display in your school.
For further information and support on anything in this pack, please contact Hayley Harkins (Health and Wellbeing Project Officer) on 0207 527 3139 or [email protected]
For further information on SmokeFree Islington please contact them on 0800 093 9030, [email protected] or visit http://www.smokefreeislington.nhs.uk/
Smokefree Homes and Cars
As you may be aware, there is a new law coming into effect on 1 October 2015 about smoking in vehicles. Under new laws, it will be an offence to smoke in a vehicle with someone under the age of 18 present, or to fail to prevent smoking in a vehicle with someone under the age of 18 present.
The Smokefree homes and cars campaign aims to raise awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoke to children and encouraging people to stop smoking as the best way to protect their family.Millions of children in the UK are exposed to secondhand smoke that puts them at increased risk of lung disease, meningitis and cot death.
Smoke free school gates
SmokeFree Islington would like to support schools who want to implement a policy of smoke free school gates (and playgrounds), with a workshop for pupils (involving pupils in the campaign, for example designing signs and posters), or for parents with information on secondhand smoke and why children start to smoke.
If your school would like support around tackling smoking at the school gates contact Marina Chrysou [email protected] or Hayley Harkins [email protected]
Tobacco education (PSHE) resources for primary schools
Primary lesson plans
Here are some sample lesson plans from our NEW drug, alcohol and tobacco education teaching resource Drug Wise which we will be sent to schools as an interactive CD after half term!
For support to teach these lessons, for other lesson plans or more information, please contact Sally Martin, Healthy Schools Advisor (Primary PSHE) [email protected]
These lessons have been especially selected for schools who would like to teach about the risks of smoking as part of the Stoptober campaign:
Year 1 - What do we put into our bodies? Year 3 - Smoking and tobacco / Stopping smoking Year 5 – Risks of smoking / The media and other influences / Resisting pressure
The tobacco quiz activity explored in the Year 3 lesson (smoking and tobacco) can also be used as a home/school link activity for pupils to quiz their parents.
To evaluate the impact of the lessons you might want to use the pre and post-topic assessment and pupil reflection activities for Year 5, as this is a whole Year 5 unit of work.
Please note: in preparation for the Year 3 lessons you may want to order some further resources in advance, including:
Smokey Sue – smoking machine (available from the Islington Education Library Service), cigarettes and a lighter.
Stop smoking tool kits, such as the NHS quit kit at www.gosmokefree.nhs.uk/quit-tools/quit-kit. These can be ordered from https://quitnow.smokefree.nhs.uk (click ‘Quit now’ andfill in your details to receive a free quit kit).
Publicity for SmokeFree Islington and the Islington Stop Smoking Service www.smokefreeislington.nhs.uk (click ‘Smoke Free resources’ then ‘Stop Smoking Service’).
You may also want to invite a Stop Smoking Advisor from SmokeFree Islington to support the delivery of the Year 3 lesson – Stopping smoking – www.smokefreeislington.nhs.uk 0800 093 9030
Tobacco education (PSHE) resources for secondary schools
KS3 scheme of workThis scheme of work contains a set of lesson plans and resources to help pupils become more aware of the effects and impact of smoking. The lessons provide opportunities to explore attitudes to smoking and develop the skills to make healthy choices and resist pressure. There are opportunities to raise the issue of smoking other substances, in particular shisha. The scheme of work is available on the Healthy Schools area in Fronter; if you would like a CD-rom copy sent to you please contact Hayley Harkins [email protected]
If you would like support to ensure your drug education programme addresses smoking (of cannabis, e-cigarettes and shisha as well as tobacco), especially with older year groups, please get in touch with Janine Killough, Healthy Schools Advisor (Secondary PSHE) [email protected]
Support for vulnerable pupils who are smoking, or at risk of smoking
Smoke free peer education project
This successful project has run with small groups of Year 9 pupils in four Islington secondary schools with impact on pupils’ self-esteem, confidence and organisational skills as well as reducing their inclination to smoke. Hayley can come and facilitate the project in your secondary school running four workshops with up to 10 targeted pupils to prepare them to teach tobacco education lessons to classes in two feeder primary schools. For further information, please contact Hayley Harkins [email protected]
Mount Carmel have successfully run this project with Year 9 students, this case study shows the impact it had on the students.
Young people’s stop smoking service
Professionals can refer children 12 years and over to the Islington stop smoking service, for one-to-one support and advice, including Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) where appropriate. Children under 12 years should be seen by their GP.
If you are a professional working with children, please email your referral to the secure NHS inbox:[email protected]
Please ensure that you include the following in your email about the child: full name and gender, age, contact address and telephone number and any additional support required. Please also include your full name, job title and place of work.
Promoting Stoptober and raising the issue with parents:
The Health and Wellbeing team work in partnership with SmokeFree Islington to support schools in raising awareness of stopping smoking and smoke free homes with families. There are a number of ways to do this:
Information display: schools can have a display and stall in the entrance of the school encouraging parents to sign up for the smoke free homes pledge and to find out more about the quit smoking services available in the borough.
Information stall: SmokeFree Islington can hold information stalls in schools at fairs and coffee mornings, which gives parents the opportunity to ask any questions they have in an informal setting. This will also give parents an opportunity to find out about the support available to quit smoking.
Interactive workshop for parents: the Health and Wellbeing team and SmokeFree Islington offer workshops on quitting smoking, shisha and electronic cigarettes. These aim to help parents find out more about the topic and the myths surrounding them. They can also find out about the support available to quit smoking. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to find out more or sign up.
Smokefree parent champions: the Health and Wellbeing team and SmokeFree Islington offer a project for parents to become involved in encouraging other parents to keep the school playground smoke free. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to find out more
Supporting parents and staff who are interested in quitting
There are a number of ways to access quit support for both parents and staff in schools: Stoptober website: sign up for a free Stoptober pack, email or text support and a mobile
app to help stay on track during the 28 day quit attempt. Quitters can also access support from their local Stop Smoking Service. See https://stoptober.smokefree.nhs.uk or search for ‘Stoptober’.
Islington Stop Smoking Service: offer one to one and group support for those who are interested in quitting (aged 12 years or older). Smokers can see a specialist stop smoking advisor on a one to one basis for six weeks or attend a group for seven weeks. For further details call 0800 093 9030 or see http://www.smokefreeislington.nhs.uk/. Those interested in quitting can self-refer or be referred into the service.
Smoke Free Islington is delivering a seven week stop smoking group at Ambler children’s centre every Thursday starting 1st October 2015 1.30pm to 3pm. Getting support from a stop smoking advisor doubles the chances of quitting and using stop smoking medication increases chances of quitting by four times.
The stop smoking group is open to anyone living, working or studying in Islington and offers a friendly, supportive and non-judgmental service to help people stop smoking. The stop smoking groups are run by specialist stop smoking advisors. The advisors will help people prepare
for a quit date, and will go through the various treatments available and provide help and support each week. They can write out prescriptions for various nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products. These include patches, mouth spray, lozenges, and gum.
For further information about the stop smoking group please see www.smokefreeislington.nhs.uk/quit-together/. A poster to advertise the group and detailed information about what happens in each of the seven sessions can be found below:
Please display the poster in your school.
Local pharmacy: there are over 30 pharmacies all over Islington where smokers who want to quit can see a trained stop smoking advisor on a one to one basis for six weeks. For full details of the pharmacies see http://www.smokefreeislington.nhs.uk/quit-advice-by-appointment/
GP: Most Islington GPs surgeries have trained smoking cessation specialists. Smokers can enquire with their GP surgery to see an advisor within the surgery. For full details of the surgeries see http://www.smokefreeislington.nhs.uk/quit-advice-by-appointment/
By accessing the support of specialist advisors in these settings, smokers who want to quit can get nicotine replacement therapy or Champix (medication to help quit smoking) at the cost of a prescription (or free if they don’t pay for NHS prescriptions). Smokers who want to quit are four times more likely to quit successfully with support from a specialist advisor and medication. These services can be accessed by both parents and staff in schools.
Useful websites
Stoptober websiteSign up for a free Stoptober pack, email or text support and a mobile app to keep quitters on track during the 28-day quit attempt and access face-to-face support from a local NHS Stop Smoking Service. See https://stoptober.smokefree.nhs.uk or search for ‘Stoptober’.
SmokeFree Islington websiteSmokefree Islington aims to improve people’s health by supporting smokers to quit and preventing young people from starting smoking. This website provides access to:
Support for quitting smoking such as support groups or 1:1 advisors through scheduled weekly appointments
A range of Smoke free resources including posters, briefings and leaflets.